Types of manga

Nah, like I've told the types before. What is it.? Kodomo, right.? Yeah. Be calm, I will tell. I guess you have already known it but I will tell and explain again. Just in case if you don't know or have forgotten.

As you know, there are five types of manga like below with explanation :

- Kodomo, the type of this is made for children. And as I know, the drawing usually simple and for example you can see doraemon, astro boy, and etc.

- Shounen, for this type, I bet you have heard this many times. Surely, it is the type of manga which is made for male teenager that roughly from 10 to 18 years old. It doesn't matter if the drawing is simple or complex, just what's different is the genre. Of all genres, the most genre that are used as topic of shounen is heroic, adventure, romance comedy or something like that. For example, onepiece, bleach, naruto, etc.

- Shoujo, same here but a bit different, is made for female teenager roughly from 10 to 18 years old. The drawing is a bit different if you compare with shounen, the drawing is sometimes too detail as you can see. The artist even draws pupil on the eyes if they want. The genre which is always being used as topic is romance, it's very obvious if you read. For example, Kimi ni Todoke, shugo chara, kamikaze kaito jeanne, skip beat, etc.

- Seinen, this manga is made for male adults which the age is more than 18 years old or so. But it doesn't mean that this is a hentai or anything.! it's just because the story is really so deep that children couldn't understand the story fully. As far as I know, the drawing is always complex but not all mangas like that, you know. For example, 3x3 eyes, buddha, magister negi magi, love hina, booking life, vagabond, etc.

- Josei, you could say that this manga same with seinen but a little diffferent. Of course this manga is made for female adults. For example, hmm well you know, gokusen, etc.

So, you see, like above. But there is one more, and it's doujinshi. The manga is self-published, you know, the artist doesn't have any contract with any company and they make it themselves then sell it in the comiket. Well, usually the one who makes the manga is fans and of course they are amateurs.

What is comiket.? Here I give you the information that I got from google to let you know.

"Comiket is the world's largest comic convention. It is held twice a year (summer and winter) in Tokyo, Japan. The first CM was held in December 1975, with only about 32 participating circles and an estimated 600 attendees. About 80% of these were female, but male participation in Comiket increased later.Attendance has since swelled to over half a million people. Many attendants come to exchange and/or sell their dōjinshi.
In 2009, Meiji University opened a dōjin manga library, named “Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library” to honour its alumni in its Surugadai campus. It contains Yonezawa's own dōjinshi collection, comprising 4137 boxes, and the collection of Tsuguo Iwata, another famous person in the sphere of dōjinshi."

And, what makes me surprise is that many profesional artist are always recruited from Comiket. So if you want to be profesional artist, make sure that you are practiced enough and show your skill off in the comiket. lol.